Don Rufino
Food & Coffee · Arenal & La Fortuna · Food & coffee
La Fortuna's best-known sit-down dinner: chef-driven Costa Rican cooking on a downtown corner since 2005, with ceviche, octopus tamale and desserts that reviewers single out.
- Hours
- Daily 12:00-21:30
- Ratings
- 4.5 on Tripadvisor (3,025) · 4.6 on Google (1,949)
Dishes to try
ceviche · tamal de pulpo · ensalada marroquí · postre de la casa
Contact & directions
- Website: https://www.donrufino.com/
- Phone: +506 2479 9997
- Location: 10.471396, -84.643512 — Google Maps · Waze
Secret spots nearby
- San Juan Bosco Church & La Fortuna Central ParkLandmark · FreeLa Fortuna's white church faces the town park with Arenal's cone right behind it: the classic church-plus-volcano photo.
- Bogarín Trail (Sloth Trail)Nature spot · about $20A family-run patch of regrown forest a short walk from downtown, famous for its resident sloths, plus herons, basilisk lizards and colorful tanagers around the ponds.
- El Salto Rope SwingSwimming spot · FreeA deep jade swimming hole on the Río Fortuna with a rope swing hanging over it, a 15–20 minute walk from town.
- Termales del ArenalSwimming spot · hidden gemA hot spring near La Fortuna, Alajuela province.
- EcotermalesSwimming spot · hidden gemA hot spring near La Fortuna, Alajuela province.
- Pozas termales de La Palma, La Fortuna (1)Swimming spot · hidden gemA hot spring near La Fortuna, Alajuela province.
Sources: https://www.donrufino.com/